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21 priests put on leave after review of suspected child sexual abuse By the CNN Wire Staff Philadelphia (CNN) Twenty one priests have been placed on administrative leave following a review of suspected child sexual abuse by members of the Catholic Church in Philadelphia, according to a statement from the city archbishop. The church investigated 37 priests identified in a grand jury report as remaining in ministry with credible allegations of child sexual abuse, according to Cardinal Justin Rigali. In addition to the 21 announced Tuesday, three other priests have already been placed on administrative leave after the report was released in February, Rigali said. Five others would have been subject to administrative leave, he added, but one was already on leave and two others are considered and have not been in active ministry. Two other priests no longer serve in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, but the church has the superiors of their religious orders and the bishops of the dioceses where they are residing, he said. want to be clear: These administrative leaves are interim measures, Rigali said in a written statement. are not in any way final determinations or judgments. The cardinal added that he wished express again my sorrow for the sexual abuse of minors committed by any members of the church, especially clergy. am truly sorry for the harm done to the victims of sexual abuse, as well as to the members of our community who suffer as a result of this great evil and crime, he said. In February, three Philadelphia priests and a parochial school teacher were charged with raping and assaulting boys in their care, while a former official with the Philadelphia Archdiocese was accused of allowing the abusive priests to have access to children, the city district attorney office said. CNN Senior Vatican Analyst John Allen said the charges against the former church official appeared to be unprecedented and could have national implications. is apparently the first time that a Catholic leader has been charged criminally for the cover up as opposed to the abuse itself, he said. sends a shot across the bow for bishops and other diocesan officials in other parts of the country, who have to wonder now if they got criminal exposure, too. Avery, 68, and Charles Engelhardt, 64, were charged with allegedly assaulting a 10 year old boy at St. Jerome Parish from 1998 to 1999. Bernard Shero, 48, a teacher in the school, is charged with allegedly assaulting the same boy there in 2000, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said at a press conference in February. James Brennan, another priest, is accused of assaulting a different boy, a 14 year old, in 1996. Monsignor William Lynn, who served as the secretary for clergy for the then Philadelphia Archbishop Anthony Bevilacqua, was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the alleged assaults, Williams said. From 1992 until 2004, Lynn was responsible for investigating reports that priests had sexually abused children, the district attorney office said. The grand jury found that Lynn, 60, endangered children, including the alleged victims of those charged last week, by knowingly allowing dangerous priests to continue in the ministry in roles in which they had access to kids. Avery, Engelhardt and Shero were charged with rape, indecent sexual assault and other criminal counts following the results of the grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse, Williams said. The names of the alleged victims, who are now in their 20s, have not been publicly released. The grand jury believed that more than 30 priests remained in ministry in Pennsylvania despite solid, credible allegations of abuse, according to Williams. Williams on Tuesday said Rigali actions as commendable as they are unprecedented. forward, in cases involving allegations of abuse by clergy, my office and the Philadelphia police will investigate, and where appropriate we will charge and prosecute. I intend to use the resources of this office to the greatest extent possible to protect the children of Philadelphia, New Balance Online Williams said in a statement.

those cases where allegations are not prosecutable because of the statute of limitations New Balance 990or some other reason, we encourage the Archdiocese to take the necessary and proper steps to protect the children for whom they are responsible, as they have done here. He was made to lie and cover these crimes by Rigali. If you want to educate yourself on this issue, please read the grand juries reports form 2011 and from 2005. Both are available on the internet. Nothing has changed. The same pedophiles named in 2005 were still operating in 2011. 39 currently active priests were named in 2005 as having credible accusations. The priests were relocated and the parishoners were not informed that a pedophile was in their midsts. Bevilaqua said the same thing in 2005 that he is saying now. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. If you send your children to Cathiloc School knowing this, you are asguilty as they are. You cannot protect your children by knowingly sending them into the arms of predators. I can understand why anyone is a Catholic anymore, what with the Pope living like the richest king on earth Vatican stuffed with treasure one of which equals the economy of many small countries per year (versus how Jesus lived) and these disgusting sickos being found all over the place.